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Player Bio: Ben Aragon - UCLA Official Athletic Site

April 17, 2013 | Cross Country

2003-2004 -- In cross country, Aragon finished 54th at the West Regionals (31:04) ... Ran 26:32.1 at the Pac-10 Championships, finishing 46th overall ... Finished 13th in the 4k race at the Stanford Invitational (12:26) ... In outdoor track, at the NCAA Championships, he finished ninth in his flight, 16th overall, in the 1500m (3:48.10) ... Finished fourth in the 1500m at the West Region Championships (3:45.77) ... Captured the 800m Pac-10 title with a personal-best time of 1:48.45 ... Placed third in the 1500m at the Pac- 10 Championships, running 3:44.16 ... Personal -best 3:43.45 (1500m) ... Finished 11th at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the mile with a time of 4:04.42 and ran on UCLA's DMR (12th, 9:49.53, anchor leg).

2002-03 -- Aragon was the Bruins' top finisher on four occasions and was UCLA's No. 2 runner at the Pac-10 (31st) and NCAA West Region (44th) ... Ran a season best 24:41 (8000m) at the Stanford Invitational ... Placed in the Top-10 four times ... In outdoor track, placed fourth in the 800m and fifth in the 1500m at the Pac-10 Championships ... In indoor track, set a school record of 4:00.38 in the mile run ... Ran personal bests and team leading times of 1:48.48 (800m) and 3:46.95 (1500m)

2001-02 -- As a true freshman, Aragon was UCLA's No. 2 runner at the Pac-10 (19th) and NCAA West Region (25th) ... Won the CS Fullerton II Invitational and was UCLA's top runner (4th) at the Arizona State Invite ... In outdoor track, at the U. S. Junior meet, Aragon placed sixth in the 1500m (3:54.17/3:53.91Q) and at the Pac-10, finished seventh (3:48.98) ... Ran personal-bests of 1:51.01 (800m, No. 2 on the team) and 3:48.63 (1500m, team-leader).

High School -- In cross country, Aragon was a four-time All-League and All-CIF performer and in 1998, West Hills placed second in the CA State meet ... Earned All-America track prep honors on West Hills' distance medley relay that won the Arcadia meet (10:04) ... In track, as a senior in 2001 at the CA State meet, he was third in the 1600m, the CIF San Diego 1600m champion and the Mt. SAC 800m winner ... As a junior in 2000, Aragon placed fourth in the 1600m at the CA State meet ... Best prep times of 49.9 (400m), 1:53.4 (800m), 3:05 (1200m), 4:12 (1600m) and 9:13 (3200m).

  Ben Aragon
Ben Aragon
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Santee, CA

High School:
West Hills HS

Height / Weight:
5-8 / 140

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